Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform
National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage
2:30 pm
Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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I do not accept what the Minister has said. The Minister is putting the licence for the national lottery on the market, if nothing is changing what is the selling point? Why would a purchaser make a large upfront payment? If there is nothing in it for the purchaser why would they bother buying it?